BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1004 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN DICKINSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA…
SOUTH CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 1005 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKEFIELD…OR 15 MILES EAST OF WORTHINGTON…AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR…
LAKE PARK AROUND 1025 PM CDT…
WAHPETON…OKOBOJI…SPIRIT LAKE AND ORLEANS AROUND 1030 PM CDT…

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME…A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS…MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.